Garter pendant



y 1933- R. s. SCOTT 1,918,494

GARTER PENDANT Original Filed Oct. 21, 1929 INVENTOR:

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c the le encircling ba dwithv the reinforcing,

Patented July 18, 1 933 This invention relates to' "garters and moreparticularly t9 a garter. pendant, which when attached t9 a. gairterisfadapted ito'psll ppgrt' a, sock, the garter; when the pendagritiis'detachedfbeing' adapted to 's'i ljpportfafgelfor other stocking. In oneaspect the invention is an {improvement on 'thefpendaiit for thegdrterdiscbsed in my prierepplication' filed Jplyf'fi-192 85 Serial N0.-'291, OO9, patented A-iigust- 26-, 1930, No. 1,773,872;

tionistq pievjde a'cohvertible garter pendarm which will efiaible'theusertochange from so'cksto, gc lf stdckirlgS or'egthe like withoutrequiriii'gf separete fgerters for thertwo uses.

Anthefdbjec't is to I provide such a garterpendant of simplifiedconstruction which lend itself to economical manufacture. Othere dfurther qbjects and advantages Willfbeiexplained in the followingdescrlption of an illustrative embodiment of thein venticnfor'willbejappereht to these coni- ,versant withthe art. I i Inthe"accompanying "drawing:

1 is a perspective iew Of a' convertible garter comprising a detachablependant em bodyingthe present invelitien; and with: the

twb'pbrtidns LShOSVD idiscemiected.

ksuppor g' P dan .7

-Fig. 3'isa rear View (if the same.

-Fig. j4' is an edge view' cf thetfree piece detached.

:Fig': 6 is an edge v ew cf the samefand m s; tratingmore clearly thedetachable fastener foreaidreinferci g piece." V I V .;-Figi 7is' a'face View of an alteriiative form of pendant plate, which may replace 1that shown in-Figs. 1'3.""

' Fig. 8 is an'edge'ii ieiv 'qflthe fpim ehorvn The 'garter illustratedcomprises rela-' tively'wideband- 10 of elastic or other fabric,

having at" one of its lendsa pad 11' carrying an outwardly projectingheeded stud12,'and

having atjitsether or freeend 5,13 '9; finishing andreihiorcingfi-member 14; Near-the Che, the princlpal objects of' the'inie ni f 2 isaside elevation bfthe detached;

gaged thereever.

15 o ed i h, v. per I 16*adapted t0' receive the i fi l h hefl 't I 'tstud.) 2 a i hold the' qf the band 10 atttach'ed inil eg encirclingform. The socket-16 1x151 haveen ing ior socket any gamble-male; andfemale f garter fasten The ,clasp plate-15 'i s-'lpi"'eferably narroweropposite endswlthsuiteble penings through d which thefb'and maybe'threedeiisaid o n- 7 e.

i-n' s b ing so, proportidljedfthatthdmateriel of'thefabricbafid'wfllbegathereddnvgmdu e ally afid -with61it {formingim'sfuitablei creases or Ifoldsf therein; "One form cf such" plate isillustrated-i11 my;prierjepplication" V; f filed Ma-rch 31",11928,;Ser1al N0;266,314; pae;

ented February 1 1,1930;K0113479 8,which ma referred:to*ferlflirtherfdetiiled Ede-1 r Thegairteraethu'fer eaded" end' and v to'encirclethe-legef cfwegrerand M 119;76 l 5 port -a Stocking bysurrouhdifigi the er. pertion -theredf. In additierr to th i'shlinc-f dt'ioh, however',theagarter can readily-be eon:

vertedt pi' supportfa scck -esfwillnewbeex- V V d t N aphi -1 1111? ppr. ndb sa p n n .1 a e plained Fer this"purposeg'alsccksilpporting Ipendant; lhhay'beldetachablyseciired tojth V pad 11', preierablyjfbyengagemer tibver the thanr'the 'diameterbf the eader the u 9 the'penda-ntlaref thrisi irr' fre'el ggs wing irl'g ree tie'opening'beletion. The 'narre'w part'bf i lower endl28 of' said opening; The uppero portion ofthe sock is thus firmly clasped be- 2 tends aroundand closesthe 0uter,end, as

V is carred the; flap portion .30, and acooperating socket portion34-whichis care V pressed together. I 50;.

Intermediate the ends of the pendant plate '18 and between the clasploop 19 and attach- .7 ring loop 20: are a pair of transverse slots 23,

separated by a relatively narrow bar 24. A 'fabric strap is threadedthrough said slots 23, and is supported by said b ar 24 insuch a mannerasto' lie behind the clasp loop 19.

The strap 25 issubstantially of the same length as the clasp loop 19 andcarries,fa'dj acent its lower end, a rubber covered or other twe en'thebutton 26 and theloop 19. o

I Y Whentlie garter isto beused to support a:

sock,-vthe"penda nt irisafi h g peon h l{ tud 1 nd, e i e e, pp endor'attaclhingloop 20i ofsaid pendant will:

,p ositively held: against accidental detach ment jfromtlie"fa'ct thatthe clasp plate {15,

overlies it upon the pad 11.: a

' 'The finishing a: djreinforcingrrneihber l l,

' fad r dia"be o ed. PL p n gban thei'la t ri ru of du Q i r chin f01111.91: ma 1-.. Ibi o n a ed of le i ilf hfl si t b e mean, and it Psrabl r mp s s weir. ,Of Qpp e p. P01?" tions 30 and-31 adapted to=overlie thefront andrear surfaces oftheband 10 adjacent said 5 n n -3Whe th e map P ti 30 andifjlare of separate material they arese-y curedtogetherabyt tstitching 3 2zwhich ex- N91 :a h ishw ilongitud nal, dgeof the einf ffi ent-l :v'E fl s de ch: a ly-se ure tQ:-t ..f br b dit bym n oi, a snap ,fafstener having a stud portion 33 Thefisaat h fin shi gt E're ndrbfit and's mp st e constructionof the; garter as a whole,enhances the appearance of the garten and it makes possinew ldll ml f lh n a omp w sation for-permanent elongation of 'the band after it has,been -in use for some time: For

e jmm 'ie the fabric band 10 maybecome elongated'to' thefeXtent that-theclasp plate 15 will" requireiadjustrnent uponlthe band to take up;slack; Siichf'adj ustment necessarily; leaves. thej e l d 3"9fiheb m1 lnge ha twe originallymnd. lithe wearer should find itfto beta l rse e erh m ee y ar move the member 14, cut ofia portion or said it-@929;lififihldx wither. rep ce the.

an alternative construction can be used as shown in lrfigs; 7 'f and-1s,this f al ternative construction, the "lower loop 19' and upper lo'0pf20are separately formed of metal and connected together by a tubularmember '38, which extends through the slots .23 and connection givingflexing of thependant substantially at the middle. This enables thependant to conform more readily to :the' leg button 26, which "isadapted to be" engaged aroundt'he bars 2 9 and thus forms a pivotal vWithin the sock and passed through the large 4 upper endof'anJopening27in'the clasp loop," and then slid downwardly-intothe narrowed offthewearer;anatherere eeontn utea m.'

the c mbat-r madame; 'f y. plaa'm tenn? t i n en sdj d inl d 9 3 metaL.u

any equivalentl'material having suit ness for the purpose" 3 j. From theforegoing twill bean t at;

an eflicien't "convertible-garter: has. bee, ro-

vided, wherein the part-Sara, c pable of eeo vnomical'manufacture.The-strap 251s readily" engaged with the pendant 17 tliroughtheslots23,fand nofstitching is necessary as the lo op ed ends of thestrap areconnectedby the eyelet? or clip 25. A cha'nge froinone formbfgarter tothe other can be very easily eifected andg I yet, in either arrangementthe garter securely iplaceg I Sincei v'a'rious mattersof arrangement,com; bination and construction jandtoperation-may bemodifiedlwithoutdeparting from the prinset forth in the appended claims; I; 5

What isclaimed is: I

A pendant member detachablyiengageable with the tastenerQmember of a legband,

the pendant. Comprising; a vertical jpart; 0 g;

posed wholly oiiplat -m'ateria-land provided at, its lower; end wi th arelatively" movable cooperating part for attachment to ila sock, saidverticalpart being; the form of, an" integral plate materialf pie fl,with two cross slots near its center, and said ielatively md ablecooperating partbe'ing infthe for er a strappa ssing through silch'slqtsfandca' y mga'sockengagingi'member; i.

, 2. A sock-supporting pendantfforafgarter 10,0 eiples'involved, it notintendedtoll imit the invention to such ,matters, except'so' far'fas' lestrap disposed.behindsaid clasp loopjandhaving portions threaded-through said .slots, and 's'aide flexible strap-carrying abiitton-tocooperate withsaidclasp loop insupporting the sock.

soc uppo i gp ntfo a g daptedzt he. i lfifl t b lamfillmted; 1 eg1,918,494' I vj band, said pendant being formed of a single piece offlat plate material, and being formed at its lower end with a clasp loopand atits upper end with means'for detachably engag ing the leg band,said pendant being further characterized'by'a pair of paralleltransverse slots intermediate its ends, and a flexible strap suspendedfrom said slots and extending,

downwardly behind said clasp loop, the strap being provided adjacent itslower endwith a button to cooperate with said clasp loop ,in supportingthe sock.

p 4. In or for a garter, a sock-supporting pendant formed of asinglepiece of substan-- nection directly to a leg-enclrcling band, and thependantibeing further characterizedby a pair-0f parallel transverseslotsseparated by a narrow bar, and a flexible strap associated withsaid pendant and disposedbehind the clasp p portion, said strap havingsupporting portions threaded through said transverse slots, and havingat its lower end, a but ton to cooperate with the clasp loop in sup-ROSSITER' s. scoTT.

porting a sock.

